Grand Duke Nicholas Mikhailovich of Russia

Grand Duke Nicholas Mikhailovich of Russia (26 April 1859-28 January 1919) was the eldest son of Grand Duke Michael Nikolaevich of Russia. He was executed by the Bolsheviks during the Russian Civil War.

Biography
Nicholas Mikhailovich was born in St. Petersburg, Russian Empire on 26 April 1859, the son of Grand Duke Michael Nikolaevich of Russia. Nicholas became a scholar and eminent historian, and he studied the reign of Czar Alexander I of Russia, writing books in Russian and French. Nicholas was a liberal, supporting "authoritarian republicanism" and tirelessly fighting for reform in the system. His family treated him as an oddball for his political views, and most of his support came from outside of Russia. He fell from favor towards the end of Czar Nicholas II of Russia's reign, as Empress Alix of Hesse and by Rhine disliked him for his liberal views; Nicholas even considered a palace coup after continuing to advocate for reforms. He was later imprisoned by the Bolsheviks and was shot outside the St. Peter and St. Paul Fortress in Petrograd along with his brother Grand Duke George and his cousins Grand Duke Dmitry Konstantinovich of Russia and Grand Duke Paul Alexandrovich of Russia.